Theodore Bikel Is One of the Most Important and Prolific Folk Singers of All Time and a True Living Legend

Of the 20-Some Albums He Recorded for the Elektra Label, the Three Albums of Yiddish Recordings Excerpted Here—Theodore Bikel Sings Jewish Folk Songs, More Jewish Folk Songs and Theodore Bikel Sings Yiddish Theatre & Folk Songs—Are His Most Sought-After, Prized by Collectors Around the World

Theodore Bikel is one of the most important folk singers of the recording era, and during his legendary tenure at Elektra Records, he recorded a multitude of albums exploring virtually every nook and cranny of the ethnic folk music canon. But it is his three Yiddish recordings—1958’s Theodore Bikel Sings Jewish Folk Songs, 1959’s More Jewish Folk Songs and 1964’s Theodore Bikel Sings Yiddish Theatre & Folk Songs—that have remained the most sought after albums in his vast catalog, treasured by record collectors throughout the world. This collection—previously available in a hard-to-find limited edition version—consists of 26 freshly remastered songs from these three original albums, with notes by Theodore Bikel and producer Jac Holzman, the man who brought him to Elektra Records. And this Treasury is not just for those conversant in Yiddish—the booklet also includes the lyrics in phonetic Yiddish with English translations. Important recordings by a true master and living legend.

Songs:

1. A Chasene Tants

2. Doina

3. Beygelach

4. Di Grine Kuzine

5. A Pintale

6. Machatonim

7. Shabes Shabes

8. Mayn Shtetele Belz

9. Hulyet, Hulyet Kinderlach

10. Lomir Alle Zingen

11. A Zemer

12. A Fidler

13. Drei Techterlech

14. Kinder Yorn

15. Dona Dona

16. Unter A Kleyn Beymele

17. Drei Yingelech

18. Az Der Rebbe Zingt

19. Der Rebe Elimelech

20. Di Younevdike Teyg

21. Kum Aher Du Filozof

22. Di Mezinke

23. Margaritkelech

24. Lomir Zich Iberbeten

25. A Chazn Oyf Shabes

26. Tumbalalayka

Article originally appeared on Real Gone Music (http://www.realgonemusic.com/).